Metallurgical & Material Engineering

Sr.
Core Areas Percentage
No.
1. Phase Transformations in Solids 5%
2. Solidification Processes 5%
3. Production of Ferrous and Non-Ferrous Materials 7%
4. Deformation Behavior & Failure Analysis 6%
5. Corrosion Engineering 7%
6. Manufacturing Process 8%
7. Engineering Ceramics 5%
8. Composite Materials 5%
9. Production Management & Quality Assurance 7%
10. Characterization Techniques For Materials 8%
11. Powder Metallurgy 5%
12. Welding Engineering 6%
13. Electrical and Magnetic Materials 3%
14. Coating Techniques 7%
15. Nuclear Reactor Materials 3%
16. Heat Treatment of Metals and Alloys 5%
17. Non-Destructive Testing Techniques 5%
18. Nano-Materials 3%
Total 100%
 Metallurgical & Material Engineering (Detailed)
Sr.
Core Areas Percentage
No.

PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS IN SOLIDS:

1.1 Nucleation and growth processes.

1.2 Diffusion in the Solid State.

1. 5%
1.3 Diffusional and diffusionless transformations.

1.4 Thermo-mechanical treatment.

1.5 Marternsitic transformation.

1.6 Age-Hardening.

SOLIDIFICATION PROCESSES:

2.1 Homogenous and Heterogeneous Nucleation.

2. 5%
2.2 Directional Solidification.

2.3 Fluidity.

2.4 Hot Tear Formation.

PRODUCTION OF FERROUS AND NON-FERROUS

MATERIALS:

3. 3.1 Blast Furnace. 7%

3.2 Steel Making Processes.

3.3 Extraction of Copper and Aluminium.

DEFORMATION BEHAVIOR & FAILURE ANALYSIS:

4.1 Mechanics of Deformation.

4. 4.2 Theories of Plasticity to the Deformation and 6%

Fracture.

4.3 Behaviour of Metals.

4.4 Brittle and Ductile Fractures.

 CORROSION ENGINEERING:

5.1 Electrochemistry of Corrosion.

5.2 Corrosion Rate Determination.

5. 5.3 Types of Corrosion : 7%

5.3.1 Pitting Corrosion.
5.3.2 Galvanic Corrosion.
5.3.4 Intergranular Corrosion.
5.3.5 Stress Corrosion Cracking.

5.4 Cathodic and Anodic Protection.

MANUFACTURING PROCESSES:

6.1 Rolling.
6. 8%
6.2 Forging.

6.3 Extrusion.

6.4 Wire Drawing and Sheet Metal Forming.

ENGINEERING CERAMICS:

7.1 Physical and Thermal Properties of Ceramics.

7. 7.2 Mechanical Properties of Ceramic Materials. 5%

7.3 Sintering Thermodynamics and Kinetics.

7.4 Refractories used in Iron and Steel Industry.

COMPOSITE MATERIALS:

8.1 Classification of Composites.

8. 5%
8.2 Mechanical Behaviour of Composites.

8.3 Industrial Applications of Composite Materials.

 PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT AND QUALITY
ASSURANCE:

9.1 Human Resource Management.

9. 9.2 Introduction to Standards for Testing of 7%

Materials:
9.2.1 ASTM
9.2.2 BS
9.2.3 JIS
9.2.4 DIN
9.2.5 ISO

CHARACTERIZATION TECHNIQUES FOR MATERIALS:

10.1 Spark Emission, X-Ray Fluorescence.

10. 8%
10.2 Optical Microscopy.

10.3 Electron Microscopy.

10.4 X-Ray Diffraction.

POWDER METALLURGY:

11.1 Advantages and Limitations of Powder

Metallurgy.
11. 5%
11.2 Atomization.

11.3 Particle Size Analysis.

11.4 Theory of Sintering.

WELDING ENGINEERING:

12.1 Weldability of Engineering Materials.

12.2 Weld Designs.

12. 6%
12.3 Welding Defects.

12.4 Common Welding Techniques.

12.4.1 TIG & MIG Welding.
12.4.2 Shield Metal Arc Welding (SMAW).
 ELECTRICAL AND MAGNETIC MATERIALS:
13. 3%
13.1 Classification of Magnetic Materials.

13.2 Semi Conductors.

COATING TECHNIQUES:

14.1 Classification of Surface Coatings. 7%

14.
14.2 Testing of coatings.

14.3 Industrial Applications of Coatings.

NUCLEAR REACTOR MATERIALS:

15.1 Introduction to Nuclear Reactors.

15. 3%
15.2 Materials Used in Nuclear Reactors.

15.3 Nuclear Fission and Fusion Reactions.

HEAT TREATMENT OF METALS AND ALLOYS:

16.1 Phases and Structures Formed During Heating

& Cooling.

16.2 Hardness & Hardenability.

16. 5%
16.3 Case-Hardening.

16.4 Precipitation Hardening.

16.5 Stress Relieving.

16.6 Defects During Heat Treatments & Their

Remedies.

NON-DESTRUCTIVE TESTING TECHNIQUES:

17.1 Radiography, Ultrasonic Testing, Eddy Current 5%

17.
Testing.

17.2 Dye-Penetrant Testing, Magnetic Particle

Testing.
 NANO-MATERIALS:
18. 3%
18.1 Advantages of Nano-Materials.

18.2 Applications of Nano-Materials.

Total 100%